toxic industrial waste
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- noun
- /ˈtɒksɪk ˌɪndʌstrɪəl weɪst/
- Specialized
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residuos industriales tóxicos
- Local residents are worried about the effects of toxic industrial waste on their health and the environment.
Examples
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Efforts are being made to clean up the toxic industrial waste that contaminated the surrounding area.
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All the rivers, wells, wetlands, and seashore have been poisoned by toxic industrial waste and sewage.
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The factory was fined for dumping toxic industrial waste into the river, harming local wildlife.
Synonyms
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Poisonous materials people throw away that can harm health or nature
How Hazardous
Surface Forms
Morphology
toxic + industrial + waste
The meaning is directly and transparently built from the constituents: 'toxic' (poisonous), 'industrial' (related to industry/manufacturing), and 'waste' (discarded material), yielding poisonous waste produced by industry. This adjective+noun composition follows normal English modification patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the individual words should be able to infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
The noun toxic industrial waste names dangerous leftovers from factories. Toxic means 'poisonous', industrial means 'made by factories', and waste means 'things thrown away', so the phrase means poisonous materials from industry that can harm people and nature.